E-government Implementation in Mozambique: Transferring Lessons across the Public Secto
Although the implementation of computerized information systems in developing countries has been ongoing for decades, the diffusion process has been slow to achieve a state of active use in organizational settings, and examples of cross-sector sharing and learning remain very limited. This paper a...
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South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists
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| author | Gertrudes Macueve |
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| description | Although the implementation of computerized information systems in developing countries has been ongoing for decades, the
diffusion process has been slow to achieve a state of active use in organizational settings, and examples of cross-sector sharing
and learning remain very limited. This paper aims at demonstrating aspects that can be shared across sectors within the same
socio-economic and political implementation context, and the potential benefits that can be achieved. Empirically, the paper
draws upon experiences from the study of information systems implementation within the health and land management sectors
respectively in Mozambique. The concept of “translation” drawn from Actor-Network-Theory (ANT) is used as a lens to analyse
both experiences, and the similarities and differences are analyzed to draw specific inferences on potential domains of crosslearning.
Specific learning concerns the issues around managing the scalability and sustainability of the implementation of egovernment
initiatives. Four key areas of learning identified through this analysis are: use of participatory and action research
development; enrolment of the government; enrolment of local universities; and use of joined top-down and bottom-up
implementation approach. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a95dcc8ae26b4ab7a8dd5f448a12999e2022-12-21T22:52:45ZengSouth African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information TechnologistsSouth African Computer Journal1015-79992313-78352010-07-010446E-government Implementation in Mozambique: Transferring Lessons across the Public SectoGertrudes MacueveAlthough the implementation of computerized information systems in developing countries has been ongoing for decades, the diffusion process has been slow to achieve a state of active use in organizational settings, and examples of cross-sector sharing and learning remain very limited. This paper aims at demonstrating aspects that can be shared across sectors within the same socio-economic and political implementation context, and the potential benefits that can be achieved. Empirically, the paper draws upon experiences from the study of information systems implementation within the health and land management sectors respectively in Mozambique. The concept of “translation” drawn from Actor-Network-Theory (ANT) is used as a lens to analyse both experiences, and the similarities and differences are analyzed to draw specific inferences on potential domains of crosslearning. Specific learning concerns the issues around managing the scalability and sustainability of the implementation of egovernment initiatives. Four key areas of learning identified through this analysis are: use of participatory and action research development; enrolment of the government; enrolment of local universities; and use of joined top-down and bottom-up implementation approach.http://sacj.cs.uct.ac.za/index.php/sacj/article/view/22District Health Information System, Land Management Information System, Translation, Learning across sectors |
| spellingShingle | Gertrudes Macueve E-government Implementation in Mozambique: Transferring Lessons across the Public Secto South African Computer Journal District Health Information System, Land Management Information System, Translation, Learning across sectors |
| title | E-government Implementation in Mozambique: Transferring Lessons across the Public Secto |
| title_full | E-government Implementation in Mozambique: Transferring Lessons across the Public Secto |
| title_fullStr | E-government Implementation in Mozambique: Transferring Lessons across the Public Secto |
| title_full_unstemmed | E-government Implementation in Mozambique: Transferring Lessons across the Public Secto |
| title_short | E-government Implementation in Mozambique: Transferring Lessons across the Public Secto |
| title_sort | e government implementation in mozambique transferring lessons across the public secto |
| topic | District Health Information System, Land Management Information System, Translation, Learning across sectors |
| url | http://sacj.cs.uct.ac.za/index.php/sacj/article/view/22 |
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